ἀρτάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ρτᾰ́ω (ărtắō, “to fasten to or hang upon”) +‎ -ᾰ́νη (-ắnē, instrument noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.tá.nɛː/ → /arˈta.ni/ → /arˈta.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.tá.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /arˈta.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈta.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈta.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈta.ni/

Noun

ἀρτᾰ́νη • (artắnē) f (genitive ἀρτᾰ́νης); first declension

1. rope, noose, halter, that by which something is hung up

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀρτᾰ́νη; τῆς ἀρτᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀρτᾰ́νη hē artắnē	τὼ ἀρτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ artắnā	αἱ ἀρτᾰ́ναι hai artắnai
Genitive	τῆς ἀρτᾰ́νης tês artắnēs	τοῖν ἀρτᾰ́ναιν toîn artắnain	τῶν ἀρτᾰνῶν tôn artănôn
Dative	τῇ ἀρτᾰ́νῃ têi artắnēi	τοῖν ἀρτᾰ́ναιν toîn artắnain	ταῖς ἀρτᾰ́ναις taîs artắnais
Accusative	τὴν ἀρτᾰ́νην tḕn artắnēn	τὼ ἀρτᾰ́νᾱ tṑ artắnā	τᾱ̀ς ἀρτᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s artắnās
Vocative	ἀρτᾰ́νη artắnē	ἀρτᾰ́νᾱ artắnā	ἀρτᾰ́ναι artắnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀρτάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀρτάνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀρτάνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)